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Radio Production Technical

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1. A radio station is first and foremost a ________
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Business
Above 20kHz
Making the sounds more usable.

2. What is Expansion?
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

3. What are the four dynamic processes?
Muting sounds above peak
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Making the sounds more usable.

4. What is the FCC and what does it do for radio stations.
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To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations

5. What is a Woofer?
Low frequency sound speaker
Business
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations

6. What is Limiting?
Muting sounds above peak
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave

7. How does a Condenser Mic work?
Below 20Hz
Cycles per second
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)

8. What is Sibilance?
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

9. Why should you not listen to anything for a while between editing sessions?
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough

10. What is Hertz (Hz)?
Cycles per second
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Muting sounds above peak

11. What is our hearing range?
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

12. What is ultrasonic?
Muting sounds above peak
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Above 20kHz
Making the sounds more usable.

13. What are Plosives?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)

14. What are the parts of a Sound Wave
Decibels (dB).
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word

15. What is Mixing?
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Above 20kHz
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

16. What is Mastering?
Decibels (dB).
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Cycles per second

17. What is a Cycle
Making the sounds more usable.
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling

18. What is Recording?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Sending the sound where you want it to go
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy

19. What is a Cycle
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Business
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
From the peak to the trough

20. Why should you not listen to anything for a while between editing sessions?
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Cycles per second
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
In order to get a new perspective on the project

21. C of O's Station ID
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)

22. What is Recording?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Business

23. Electromagnetic Spectrum
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques

24. What is Sonic Panorama?
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Federal Communications Commission

25. What are the parts of a Sound Wave
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)

26. What is Destructive Recording?
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Recording that overwrites the previous recording

27. What is Infrasonic?
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Below 20Hz
From the peak to the trough
Muting sounds above peak

28. What is the Midrange?
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Sending the sound where you want it to go
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Middle frequency sound speaker

29. What is Editing?
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Recording that overwrites the previous recording

30. How does a Dynamic Mic work?
Muting sounds above peak
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
Above 20kHz

31. What is SPL
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.

32. What is Mixing?
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Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Low frequency sound speaker

33. What is a Shock Mount for?
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Below 20Hz

34. What are Plosives?
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Low frequency sound speaker

35. What does FCC stand for
Business
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Federal Communications Commission
S sounds - sounds that hiss

36. What is Mastering?
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Below 20Hz
Making the sounds more usable.

37. What is Routing?
Below 20Hz
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
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38. Electromagnetic Spectrum
Making the sounds more usable.
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Middle frequency sound speaker

39. What is the Midrange?
S sounds - sounds that hiss
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
Middle frequency sound speaker
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques

40. What is Compression?
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Above 20kHz
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

41. What is sound measured in?
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Decibels (dB).
Federal Communications Commission
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met

42. How does a Dynamic Mic work?
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
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43. What does a Sound Wave look like?
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
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The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.

44. What is frequency?
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Muting sounds above peak
Above 20kHz

45. What is Compression?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
High frequency sound speaker
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -

46. What is Nondestructive Recording?
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave

47. What is Hertz (Hz)?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Cycles per second
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Business

48. What is Expansion?
From the peak to the trough
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.

49. What is Gating?
Business
Low frequency sound speaker
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy

50. What is Destructive Recording?
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Cycles per second